Worship - Boredom (Winn Collier)

God is the one who always has initiated the relationship between God and His people. If worship is primarily something we make happen, then worship is centered on us. If worship is centered on us, it is small -- God is small.

And this small god is one we use for our own devices. Worship becomes centrally what we "feel," what we "want," they style we like. We race after worship experiences like addicts race after the back alley crack dealer. Rather than being captured by the Eternal One, we simply use His name for an emotional high. We view God as the one enabling us to "enjoy worship," another perk from the endless giver of all good things. We miss the audience of our worship. We forget we stand on holy ground in His presence. We forget we were created for His glory, not Him for ours. The god we worship is one of our own making, and nothing could be more boring than that.

~ Winn Collier in Relevant magazine